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19th ASSITEJ World Congress & International Theatre Festival for Children and Young People

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A Mano Animal Farm El Patio Teatro Nobulali Productions A Mano (By Hand) is a tender and delicate Seven decades have passed since the first performance, a theatrical diamond that is publication of Orwell’s Animal Farm, yet a tribute to arts and artisans. It is the story the plight of Manor Farm and its animal of a very small but very special hero with denizens is ever relevant in contemporary a great desire to escape from his pottery South Africa. Dressed in what seems to be shop window and those who live there with the broken fatigues of guerrillas, the him. Told with beautifully crafted clay characters embrace both political identity characters and remarkable artistry, A Mano and farm-animal-hood, teetering between is a touching and life-affirming story about the two in terms of their articulated values love, small failures, a potter’s wheel and and increasing hypocrisy. Muriel the goat four hands at play. El Patio Teatro build, and Clover the sheep effectively act as the model, write, direct and play. Together, Spain narrators in the aftermath of the uprising. South Africa they create moving, reflective and The fiery energy that exists between the all beautifully original performances inspired women cast is palpable, and offers a fresh by stories from everyday life and by the Direction: Julián Sáenz-López, Izaskun Fernández| Design: Julián Sáenz-López , approach to critically examining patriarchal Direction: Neil Coppen | Performance: Mpume Mthombeni, Tshego Khutsoane, lives of objects around them. Izaskun Fernández | Performance: Julián Sáenz- López, Izaskun Fernández and deeply masculine political systems, and MoMo Matsunyane, Mandisa Nduna, Zesuliwe Hadebe, Khutjo Bakunzi-Green Technician: Diego Solloa |Tour and production manager: Ana Sala forms of storytelling.

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MAY 2017 MAY 2017 17 18 19 20 MAY 2017 BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | The Golden Arrow Studio MAY 2017 ARTSCAPE THEATRE CENTRE | Theatre

10:00 10:00 11:00 10:00 12:00 10:00 10:00 14:00 7+ years old 16 + years old 12:00 12:30 14:00 12:00 14:30 14:30 12:00 Non-verbal English

18:30 18:30 45 Minutes 19:30 19:30 90 Minutes

Anziehsachen Caban ZA Theaterhaus Ensemble Theater De Spiegel & South African Artists

Anziehsachen (Clothes) is designed for Caban is an on-going research performance small children’s first contact with theatre. in which we invite artists/musicians of A man and a woman, an old record player, different backgrounds to improvise a washing line and a large bag filled with together in relation to the installation wonderful things is all that is needed for modules, the space and of course the very the fun to begin. All sorts of exciting things inquisitive audience of children from 3 happen. Two very different people months to 3 years old. try to fit together. They play, they sing and A cosy play area, an oasis of peace dance and they test their limits. With all the containing a nest, a sleeve tunnel house, clothes they have they try the possibilities a bamboo hut, a camp, a ladder tent, etc. In-between playing, building and discovering, of transformation. With live songs from Germany SouthSpain Africa Belgium Henry Purcell’s opera “The Fairy Queen” incredulous eyes, busy hands, open mouths, this production does not only make small steps carried along at their own tempo by what they see, hear and feel. Concept: Karel van Ransbeeck | Scenography: Wim Van de Vyver, Andy Jones children dream, but adults too! Direction: Melanie Florschütz, Michael Döhnert | Design: Melanie Florschütz, Jessica Mias, Shrinkray Puppets | Performance: Karel Van Ransbeeck, Michael Döhnert | Performance: Michael Meyer, Susanne Schyns “Caban is a laboratory that allows itself to be Nicolas Ankouninoff, Ncebakazi Mnukwana, Kudakwashe Kangombe a performance at the same time”.

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 MAY 2017 MAY 2017 BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | The Flipside MAY 2017 BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | The Foyer 10:00 10:00 12:00 10:00 12:30 10:00 10:00 10:00 3 to 6 years old 3 months to 3 years old 12:00 14:00 14:00 14:00 12:00 11:30 12:00 12:00 Non-verbal Non-verbal 16:30 18:30 35 Minutes 19:30 19:30 60 Minutes

Dear Mr Government, please may I have a meeting with you Ekhaya even though I’m six years old? Magnet Theatre University of Johannesburg Arts and Culture Ekhaya (Home) is an expression of the relationship of children towards home. Dear Mr Government, Please May I have a It delves into their understanding of Meeting With You Even Though I’m Six Years being ‘’at home’’, in various contexts, and Old? is a tender retelling of what children are explores their associated feelings using saying about their governments. They want age appropriate language, song, and clear to make decisions, they want to talk to Mr imagery. The songs are catchy and draw on Government and they want Mr Government diverse South African musical styles and the to listen to them. Dear Mr Government is children sing the songs long after the actors built on the words of children in Lesotho have left! and South Africa; the play invites audiences from eight year olds, to teenagers, to adults Lesotho South Africa to see with the eyes of children and hope South Africa with the hope of children. While it brims over with play and sound and smell and wonder, Direction: Jessica Lejowa | Script: Jessica Lejowa, Cheraé Halley, Bongile Direction: Koleka Putuma, Jennie Reznek (Mentor) | Design : Francesco it cuts with a heavy and urgent truth: children Lecoge-Zulu | Performance: Cheraé Halley, Bongile Lecoge-Zulu | Nassimbeni | Performance: Sivuyile Dunjwa, Jason Jacobs, Babalwa Makwetu, are suffering for the world. Dramaturgy: Alby Michaels | Stage Manager: Jade Bowers Nolufefe Ntshuntshe, Luvo Tamba

22 23 24 25 17 18 ... 27 MAY 2017 MAY 2017 MAY 2017 BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | The Masambe MAY 2017 BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | Upstairs Rehearsal Room

12:00 11:00 10:00 14:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 14:00 10+ years old 3 to 6 years old 14:00 14:00 12:00 14:00 12:00 12:00 12:00 16:30 English Non-verbal

16:30 16:30 19:30 19:30 60 Minutes 16:30 16:30 19:30 19:30 35 Minutes

Fingers and Toes, Full Moon My Body Knows Khayal Association for Arts and Education Independent Artist Inspired by the story of the prophet Joseph (Surah “Yusuf” of the Quran) also known in Fingers and Toes, My Body Knows! is a the Bible and the Jewish writings, Full Moon playful, mesmerising dance production for is a reaction to the atrocities committed a very young audience. The performance every day in the name of religion.This tells a story of touch, rediscovering how performance beautifully combines intelligent our bodies are at perceiving puppetry and shadow theatre. It begins the world around us. By balancing both with the voice of the wolf telling us his abstract and character-based performance own story. While remembering his hunting styles, the work is absorbing and delightful for all ages, but is particularly relevant adventures, he recalls that dark night when for little ones who see themselves and he fell in a trap laid by men with dark minds their own experiences mirrored by the South Africa and hearts made of stone. In the middle of Lebanon performance language. Fingers and Toes darkness and dryness, he sees a dazzling light. It is the boy with green fingers and was created in South Africa by award- Direction: Karim Dakroub | Direction Assistance & Lighting Design: Fouad Choreography : Nicola Elliott in collaboration with the cast | Performance: Jori winning choreographer-director Nicola white heart, and his father whose insight is Yammine | Set & Puppet Design: Walid Dakroub | Script: Karim Dakroub Snell, Siphumeze Khundayi Elliott in collaboration with the acclaimed larger than all that of humanity combined... Performers: Ekatrina Dakroub, Walid Jaber, Serena Chami cast Siphumeze Khundayi and Jori Snell.

24 25 26 27 ARTSCAPE THEATRE CENTRE | Rehearsal Room 207 22 23 24 25 MAY 2017 MAY 2017 CITY HALL | Theatre 1 BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | Upstairs Rehearsal Room 10:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 14:00 1 to 4 years old 6+ years old 11:45 12:30 11:30 12:30 12:00 12:00 12:00 16:30 Non-verbal English

16:30 16:30 19:30 19:30 90 Minutes 16:30 16:30 19:30 19:30 55 Minutes PROGRAMME | CRADLE OF CREATIVITY T: 021 822 0070 / 1 / 2 | E: [email protected] | www.assitej2017.org.za Book at

Gretel and Hansel Insta-grammar Le Carrousel, compagnie de theatre Drama For Life Theatre Company When Hansel arrives, it upsets the It all went down on the DMs. A double tap balance of Gretel’s life. Her little here, and only a little low-key ista-stalking brother has turned everything upside there. Side stepped the catfish and tracked down. When their parents abandon them relationship statuses daily. Likes became in the forest and they end up at the witch’s tags, and then all those tags dropped an house, she is very tempted to push him L-bomb comment: 'Love that track' which into the oven and get rid of him forever... ripped the world in two. Everyone could By what tortuous route does one become see it. A scroll down our timelines had it all a big sister? there. Click. Facebook official. The whole world watching their love, double-tapping The little brother in the belly of the hag. The their approval and envy. It was perfect. succulent, nicely fattened little brother who ends Canada Until that one, unfaithful ‘Like’ from an SpainSouth Africa up on a plate outsider appears.

Between a knife and fork. That will teach him Text: Suzanne Lebeau | Direction: Gervais Gaudreault Direction: Hamish Neill | Performance : Ensemble of the Drama For to say “me, too,” “me, too,” for anything and Designers: Stéphane Longpré, Linda Brunelle Dominique Gagnon Insta-grammar is a heart-wrenching story Life Theatre Company Diane Labrosse, Pierre Lafontaine | Performance: Émilie Lévesque about speaking and keeping love in the everything. Jean-Philip Debien whirlwind Instagram and SnapChat era.

18 19 20 21 20 21 22 23 MAY 2017 MAY 2017 MAY 2017 BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | The Flipside CULTURAL HUB | Guga S'Thebe

10:00 10:00 10:00 14:00 10:00 11:00 10:00 14:00 6+ years old 13+ years old 12:00 15:00 14:00 16:30 14:00 14:00 12:00 16:30 English English

16:30 16:30 19:30 19:30 55 Minutes 17:00 17:00 19:30 19:30 60 Minutes

It’s Dark Outside Karoo Moose The Last Great Hunt Baxter Theatre Centre Itʼs Dark Outside explores Alzheimerʼs/ The play was originally written as a film dementia, an illness close to home for entitled No Fathers. Performed in English many people. As of 2010, there are an with isiXhosa, the story takes place in a estimated 35.6 million people living with remote and impoverished village in the dementia worldwide. Karoo, where the inhabitants are struggling to survive. A young girl called Thozama An old man wanders into the wild. As ends up killing a moose. But what is the the sun sets, he is swept up in a surreal moose doing there? western, on the run from a mysterious tracker hell-bent on hunting him down. The Writer and director Lara Foot tackles the unique performance combines puppetry, disintegration of the family unit and the animation and physical theatre, Memory Australia violation of innocence endured by so many South Africa loss has rarely had such a novel treatment, South African children. The play cleverly and creatively combines African storytelling approached with poetic insight and Direction: Lara Foot | Choreography: Mdu Kweyama | Lighting and Set: lightness of touch that makes it moving and Direction: Arielle Gray, Chris Isaacs, Tim Watts | Music: Rachael Dease and magical realism. Patrick Curtis | Costumes: Koos Marais | Soundscape: Bongile Mantsai uplifting to watch. Performance: Sarah Nelson, Daniel Buckle, Rachel Arianne Ogle Music Advisor: Dizu Plaatjies | Performance: Zoleka Helesi, Mdu Kweyama, Bongile Mantsai, Thami Mbongo, Mfundo Tshazibane, Chuma Sopotela

19 20 21 22 17 18 19 22 MAY 2017 CITY HALL | Theatre 1 MAY 2017 ARTSCAPE THEATRE CENTRE | The Arena 10:00 11:00 11:00 14:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 14:00 13 + years old 16+ years old 15:00 14:00 12:00 16:30 15:00 14:30 14:30 16:30 Non-verbal English & isiXhosa

19:30 16:30 19:30 19:30 50 Minutes 19:30 19:30 19:30 19:30 90 Minutes

Khokho’s Treasure Maimane! National Children’s Theatre Drama For Life Theatre Company Maimane! (Story Time) is a magical journey This vibrant musical marks the passing into storytelling. It is adapted from Janice of a beloved Khokho (Zulu word for great Honeyman’s Amabali. grandfather), whose inheritance is revealed to the children of the village as treasure of In a land of plenty, a King and Queen were a cultural (not monetary) kind, built from a blessed with a son. They called their son, collection of stories and songs that capture Prince. And they gave Prince everything he the rich diversity of South African culture. wanted.

Maimane! speaks to the hurt caused by bullying, selfishness and entitlement. It speaks to the power of community, SpainSouth Africa South Africa respect and compassion. It acknowledges the emotional struggles of young people, Direction: Francois Theron | Choreography: Nicol Sheraton|Musical Direction: particularly boys in South Africa on the Direction: Warren Nebe | Performance : Ensemble of the Drama For Life Dale Scheepers | Design: Stan Knight | Lighting: Jane Gosnell | Performance: brink of adolescence, with regard to Theatre Company Suzaan Helberg, Ben Kgosimore, Sibusiso Nhlapo, Nomonde Matiwane, Mark Tatham, Kealeboga Tshenye personal and social power, relationships and a sense of self-value.

20 21 23 24 CULTURAL HUB | Atlantis

MAY 2017 MAY 2017 20 21 22 23 CULTURAL HUB | iThemba Labantu BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | Theatre 10:00 10:00 11:30 11:30 10:00 11:00 10:00 14:00 3+ years old 7 + years old 14:00 14:00 12:00 12:00 English with isiZulu, seSotho, sePedi, 14:00 14:00 12:00 16:30 English and Afrikaans songs 17:00 17:00 19:30 19:30 90 Minutes 19:30 16:30 19:30 19:30 60 Minutes

Making Mandela Maloza – Contagious Theatre The Man Cub Winner of the Best Youth Production at ASSITEJ Zambia & La Baracca - Testoni Ragazzi the 2016 Naledi Theatre Awards, Making Mandela is an imaginative journey through The production is an adaptation of the the childhood of Nelson Mandela featuring Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. The story colourful characters, vividly portrayed in of a child growing outside of his natural beautiful masks, with physical performanc- habitat ; a story of formation and growth. es supported by emotive sound design Maloza - ChiNyanja word that means taboo and theatrical styling. “Innovative physical - is rejected by the animals, like street- comedy … an unmitigated delight … a joy to children are rejected by their own families watch.” (Christina Kennedy, Business Day) and by society. “A playfulness that pulls you into the heart Zambia Italy of the production.” (Diane de Beer, The South Africa Maloza’s talent and energy are out of the Direction: Bruno Cappagli, Margherita Malonazzi,Thokozile Mwale, Simon Star) “Soars with clean narrative lines, su- ordinary. These will help him to redeem Kamanga, Andrew Lungu | Script: Bruno Cappagli, Cheela Chilala | Design: Margherita Malonazzi | Performance: Langson Banda, Mathews Chambanenge, perb physical theatre, humour and pathos Direction and Design: Jenine Collocott| Script: Jenine Collocott and Nick himself. Christopher Chilufya, Chanda Wezi Chibuye, Isaac Chilongoshi, Humphrey Warren|Performance: Mlindeli Zondi , Jaques De Silva, Tsholofelo Mmbi, James … it will wow not only festivalgoers, but the Chipanama, Davy Daka, Edward Kambole, Collines Likosi, Yarred Longongo, Cairns world.” (Robyn Sassen, The Arts at Large) Vincent Mpande, Geophrey Mtonga, Kelvin Mukuka, Chipoma Mulenga, Brian Mulenga, Dickson Muma, Steven Mushitu, Humphrey Mwape, Jakobo Sinkala, Elisha Zulu

CULTURAL HUB | Guga S'Thebe 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | Outdoor Amphitheatre MAY 2017 MAY 2017 CITY HALL | Theatre 1 ARTSCAPE THEATRE CENTRE | Piazza 10:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 11:00 10:00 11:00 10+ years old 7+ years old 15:00 12:00 12:00 16:30 15:00 14:00 12:30 16:00 English and isiXhosa English

19:30 16:30 19:30 19:30 90 Minutes 19:30 16:30 19:30 19:30 45 Minutes PROGRAMME | CRADLE OF CREATIVITY T: 021 822 0070 / 1 / 2 | E: [email protected] | www.assitej2017.org.za Book at

Mbuzeni Moi, Monsieur, Moi! Independent Artist Compagnie de la Casquett & Mbuzeni (Ask Her) tells the story of four Compagnie Djarama & La Traversee des Arts little girl orphans, their sisterhood, and Alone on the stage, a woman narrates the their fixation with burials. The story takes fate of a girl born in Senegal. Born into a place in a tiny village; the only cemetery family of seven, she will be “given” to an that exists in the village separates the aunt, “borrowed” to a cousin, “confined” villagers from the orphans. Here, there by an uncle in France, yet find her way to are rules and regulations for burials which becoming a woman. are monitored and constantly reinforced; rules which the villagers have observed that She dances, sings and bites into a dozen the girls have and continue to break when characters with humility and an authentic they play burials at the gravesite. Their voice, transcending suffering and causing a defiance comes at a price, one they are South Africa whirlwind of laughter. In this show, Patricia Belgium France Senegal made to pay. Gomis is laying herself bare in front of an audience that is questioning itself through Direction: Koleka Putuma | Design: Koleka Putuma | Script: the prism of its own culture, education, Direction: Isabelle Verlaine | Script: Patricia Gomis |Performance: Patricia Koleka Putuma, Thumeka Mzayiya, Sisipho Mbopa, Nolufefe personal experience and legacy. Gomis, Márcia de Castro Ntshuntshe, Awethu Hleli | Performance: Thumeka Mzayiya Sisipho Mbopa, Nolufefe Ntshuntshe, Awethu Hleli

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MAY 2017 20 21 22 23 ARTSCAPE THEATRE CENTRE | The Arena MAY 2017 BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | The Golden Arrow Studio

12:00 10:00 14:00 12:00 13+ years old 10+ years old 16:30 12:00 16:00 17:00 15:00 16:00 English | isiXhosa French (English subtitles)

20:00 55 Minutes 19:30 60 Minutes

My Culture, My No Fun ction alL Strength, My Identity anguage Chipawo Trust Zimbabwe The Chaeli Campaign No Fun Ction All Anguage aimed at Ruvarashe is a girl of about 14 years who audiences 14+, produced by the Chaeli lives with her grandfather and grandmother Campaign, takes a microscopic look at the in their rural home. She likes the village life, in-between spaces where words fail us - the sense of togetherness and community where we desperately search for meaning and especially the practice of tsika and between vowels, consonants and silences. hunhu. However news comes to the village How do we say what we mean or express from her Amainini in town that now is the what we feel? This award-winning NPO time for her to leave the village and go to which provides services to children with school in town. She is frightened that if she disability is working actively towards Zimbabwe goes there she will lose her identity and creating a more inclusive theatrical South Africa culture. landscape in South Africa - both off-stage, Direction: Chipo Precious Basopo |Choreography: Tinashe Chiku, Blessed Rukweza | Design: Memory Mushayiwedu | Performance: Gamuchirai as well as on. A diverse group of creative She asks Ambuya to tell her one last story. Mukwakwami, Munopa Ndlovu, Stephanie Diverson , Blessing Masia collaborators come together to challenge Direction: Jayne Batzofin |Music: Dave Knowles | Performance: Thembekile Komani, Iman Isaacs, Daniel Richards, Christelle Dreyer Pauline Duncan, Tendai Machipisa, Rufaro Chipango, Anke Muvuri artistic mainstream narratives around Tinashe Masilo, Judith Paya, Nkosilathi Dube , Tadiwa Nyoni Lovemore Dehwenhewe , Leonard Domingo, Tawananyasha Manyangadze communication, ability, access and inclusivity.

CULTURAL HUB | Vrygrond 24 25 26 27 20 21 22 23 MAY 2017 MAY 2017 ARTSCAPE THEATRE CENTRE | Theatre CITY HALL | Theatre 2 10:00 10:00 11:30 11:00 10:00 10:30 13+ years old 14 + years old 14:00 16:00 12:30 14:00 English English | South African Sign Language

17:00 17:00 60 Minutes 19:30 16:00 55 Minutes

Obisike: It takes a lion’s Our House heart Ishyo Arts Centre & Helios Theatre D’haus & ASSITEJ Nigeria Stories of war and displacement, historical incidents like the genocide in Rwanda and It is 1200 b.c.: The Trojan war cannot begin. the mass murder of the Jews in Germany Ongoing calm forces the Greek Armada to stay were the starting points of the artistic work. in Aulis. Princess Iphigenie shall be sacrificed The safety of the house, the body and the to the gods, to eliminate the dead calm. The community etc. is a general theme that Mother wants to save her child, but the army allows a person to develop their aims, or claims for the sacrifice. And Iphigenia makes not. In “Our House”, the performers talk a decision... about that circle of themes by storytelling, singing and moving, accompanied by live About the same time, the Yoruban people are music. The co-production “Our House” by threatened by invisible invaders. Young Queen GermanySpain Nigeria Ishyo Arts Centre and HELIOS Theater is a Germany Rwanda Moremi lets herself be captured. She wants play for children examining the collective to disguise the aggressors' secret and bring it Direction: Gregory Carers | Design : Iyen Agbonifo -Obaseki and personal memories, prints and marks. Direction: Carole Karamera, Barbara Kölling | Script: Steffen Moor & ensemble home to her people. But the river goddess will Performance: Maria Perlick, Joy Eziefula It deals with memory as a skill and a virtue, Composition: Hervé Twahirwa, Roman D. Metzner | Performance: Eliane demand her most beloved one... Umuhire, Helena Aljona Kühn, Hervé Kimenyi, Marko Werner, Michael Lurse and as an essential property for shaping Live Music: Hervé Twahirwa the future.

CULTURAL HUB | Vrygrond 17 ... 20 21 CITY HALL | Theatre 2 MAY 2017

MAY 2017 20 21 ... 24 CULTURAL HUB| Guga S'Thebe CITY HALL | Theatre 1 10:00 10:00 11:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 10+ years old 12+ years old 14:00 14:00 14:00 12:00 14:00 14:00 14:00 English English ( Main Language ) 14:00 14:00 16:00 65 Minutes 55 Minutes

Panali Panali Patchwork Dinaledi Expressions Pillowfort Productions The show unfolds around a bed: the place Panali Panali! Is a Zambian nyanja where the comfort of home meets the name that means ‘’Once Upon A Time’. strange world of dreams. In this world pillows become creatures learning to fly, a Dinaledi Expressions performs sheet dances with a life of its own, a teddy different Panalis for children and and a lamp make best friends, and the their parents or guardians. The proverbial cow jumps over the moon (as do the sheep and the dinosaur). stories vary from stories about baboons and monkeys to the Patchwork was developed through ones where they talk about engagement with the age group, to develop human relations and interactions. a theatrical language that meets our audience eye-to-eye, mind-to-mind. Zambia This is a delightful introduction to South Africa Zambian folktales, in which all can participate. Direction: Tsungai Garise | Script: Tsungai Garise | Performance: Luse Direction : Joanna Evans | Puppetry Direction: Gabriel Marchand Kalibele, Morris Mukendi Design: Merryn Carver | Performance: Asanda Rilityana, Roshina Ratnam, Pedro Espi-Sanchis

CULTURAL HUB | iThemba Labantu 18 19 20 21 17 ... 20 21 MAY 2017 MAY 2017 BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | The Masambe BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | The Golden Arrow Studio 10:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 7+ years old 3 to 6 years old 12:00 14:00 16:00 11:30 10:00 15:00 11:00 English Non -Verbal

17:00 17:00 40 Minutes 20:00 35 Minutes PROGRAMME | CRADLE OF CREATIVITY T: 021 822 0070 / 1 / 2 | E: [email protected] | www.assitej2017.org.za Book at

Patrice Balbina’s Chance Phefumla Encounter with the End Wunderkammer Produksjoner & of the World South African Artists boomerang - Documents of Poverty and Hope Phefumla (To Breathe) is developed through a devised process with five young men from "Recognize yourself in he and she who are the township areas surrounding Cape Town. All not like you and me."- Carlos Fuentes five have been involved or affected by the gang Something unsettling has crept into the culture that rules the streets. Through glimpses neighbourhood. It’s a feeling, a suspicion of their childhood, fragments of good and bad that disappears when you look at it memories, we slowly puzzle the pieces of their directly. Patrice Balbina has noticed that young lives together. The performance reveals small things are starting to disappear. The Italy Canada Australia both fatal choices as well as well- hidden dreams butcher loses his laugh, the man with the and hopes for the future. The play is built on the pigeon is losing his patience, and Dad says United Kingdom Germany Portugal individual stories of the young performers. South Africa Norway the government has lost its mind. Even the Their personal experiences is transformed love of her life seems to be a little further Direction: Fraser Corfield | Choreography: Jaqueline Gosselin into dramatic text, visual and physical Direction: Thando Doni | Set design: Ingrid Solvik | Photography and away each day. But you wouldn’t expect the Design : Ben Pugh, Pur Montin| Dramaturgy: Odete Bereska images and choreographies, built from Graphic Design: Robert Marufu | Performance: Sikhumbule Nkonki, Lazola Performance: Holy Fraser, Raul Atalaia, Yves Simard, Emilie Leclerc, Giuditta their own cultural language. Sikhutswa, Ntsikayomzi Tyalana, Eric Menyo, Bongani Dyalivana end of the world. Then it rang the doorbell. Mingucci | Education: Mandy Smith. With the support of the European Union

20 21 24 25 CULTURAL HUB | iThemba Labantu 22 23 24 25 MAY 2017 MAY 2017 ARTSCAPE THEATRE CENTRE | The Arena ARTSCAPE THEATRE CENTRE | The Arena 10:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 10+ years old 14+ years old 14:00 16:00 12:30 12:00 14:00 14:00 English English and isiXhosa

18:00 50 Minutes 17:00 17:00 18:00 45 Minutes

Pim & Theo Pockets of Knowledge New International Encounter & Art Breed Odsherred Teater Pockets of Knowledge is reminiscent of Two men were shot in cold blood on the the famous and formidable internationally streets of Holland. Victims of extremism, acclaimed South African duo Ellis Pearson and Bheki Mkhwane. Theo Van Gogh and Pim Fortuyn weren’t afraid to make their opposing political views Pockets of Knowledge is a simple yet known. intriguing storytelling theatre piece told through the eyes of the villagers. It pokes Incorporating sound and film design as well fun at leadership and how it behaves in as live performance, four European theatre positions of power. It leaves pebbles of companies join together to make Pim & Theo wisdom in a parable narrative that speaks an immersive theatre show about culture to the importance of freedom and unity in a fragile young democracy. It engages and identity, life and rules and the limits of Denmark United Kingdom Norway the audience in such a fashion that they South Africa tolerance in our society. themselves form part of the story by being Direction: Alex Byrne | Script: Mei Oulund | Design: Marie invited to take part in its world as they both Direction: Menzi Mkhwane | Script: Sabelo Ndlovu and Menzi Mkhwane Pim & Theo is a theatre performance, a Rosendahl Chemnitz | Performance: Henrik Ipsen, Simon Vagn (actor and audience) work for plausible Set Design : Menzi Mkhwane | Lighting design: Menzi Mkhwane, Nkosingiphile post-show exhibition and an online resource. Jensen. Dhlamini Costume Design: Menzi Mkhwane and Masinhle Mfeka solutions to the universal problems Performance: Thobani Nzuza, Annelisa Gxabhu presented in the story.

22 23 24 25 CITY HALL | Theatre 2

MAY 2017 18 19 20 21 ARTSCAPE THEATRE CENTRE | Theatre Upstage MAY 2017 CULTURAL HUB | Atlantis 11:30 11:30 12:00 10:00 10:00 15+ years old 13+ years old 14:00 16:00 12:30 English English | isiZulu

19:30 19:30 60 Minutes | 20 minutes for exhibition 19:00 17:00 17:00 80 Minutes

Red Earth Revisited Rite of Spring Speeltheater Holland Studio & Maas Theater and Dance & Flat Foot Dance Company ASSITEJ South Africa The earth is still in deep hibernation as eight young women gather to celebrate spring. "Red Earth Revisited" recreates the legendary They worship nature with their fertility rites. story of Nongqawuse, the young Xhosa girl They dance and seduce. But then secrets whose prophecies influenced the course of and primal forces break loose. A sacrifice history. must be made. Rite of Spring is about peer pressure, This vibrant revisiting of the story features hormones and the fear of beauty. A modern a migratory stork who’s “bird’s eye view” of coming of age story mixed with prehistoric events may help us decide if she really was pagan spring rituals. The threat of natural the cause of the disaster that ensued… forces, the struggle with oneself and the Netherlands South Africa SpainSouth Africa Netherlands desire to break free turn these young The production has toured to the women into charming monsters. Close to Eastern Cape, the Netherlands, Belgium the heart theater, figuratively and literally, Concept/direction: Moniek Merkx |Music: Joop van Brakel | Choreography: Direction: Onny Huisink | Script: Saskia Janse | Design: Onny Huisink and Spain, where it performed at the UNIMA because the audience sits around the Klaus Jürgens / Art Srisayam | Set design: Sanne Danz | Costume design: Nicky Performance: Sabelo Khoza , Anele Matoti, Macebo Mavuso, Sisipho Mbopa, Nina de Jong | Light design: Gé Wegman| Performance: Marieke Dermul, World Congress. Roshina Ratnam, Asanda Rilityana, Xolela Tsili performance area. Segametsi Gaobepe, Jouman Fatal, Kirsty Ndawo, Zinhle Nhle Nzama, Gale Rama, Lotte Rischen, Shelby Tanelle Strange

18 19 20 21 18 19 20 21 MAY 2017 MAY 2017 BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | Theatre ARTSCAPE THEATRE CENTRE | Theatre Upstage 10:00 10:00 10:00 14:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 10+ years old 13+ years old 12:00 12:00 14:00 14:00 12:00 12:30 12:00 12:00 English English 16:30 14:00 16:00 19:30 19:30 19:30 60 Minutes 90 Minutes

Sandscape Seedfolks Helios Theater & Magnet Theatre Children’s Theatre Company Transformation begins with one young Sandscape is a silent theatrical piece that girl, a handful of seeds, and a heart full of embraces the beauty and essence of nature hope… and evokes the visual, hearing and rhythmic abilities that get you closer to Unflinchingly honest and unabashedly nature with the aid of “SAND” as its major heartwarming, Seedfolks is filled with raw, tool. With the accompaniment of a black inspiring stories you’ll never forget. Where plastic sheet, cups, umbrella and buckets, all her neighbors see a rat-infested vacant the piece introduces and sinks its audience lot in a largely immigrant neighborhood, Kim sees a place to plant some precious into a world of playful experience. It is a beans—and, one by one, the people of her relaxing and engaging piece of theatre that community sow seeds of hope amid the explores the texture, weight and breath of dirt and grit, tending dreams to full bloom. sand on various materials. Zimbabwe Nigeria South Africa Germany United States of America The garden flourishes through eleven The piece offers an ever changing view Design: Asiphe Lili | Performance: Joy Princess Akrah, Joshua narratives by award-winning novelist Paul Direction: Peter C. Brosius | Photography: Dan Norman | Performance: - the sight of sand swirling and creating Ademola Alabi, Lloyd Nyikadzino, Chipo Precious Basapo Fleischman, all brilliantly brought to life by Sonja Parks interesting shapes, prints, lines, games, award-winning actress Sonja Parks. landscape thus its title “SANDSCAPE”.

24 25 26 27 MAY 2017 17 18 19 20 BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | The Golden Arrow Studio MAY 2017 CITY HALL | Theatre 1

10:00 11:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 3 to 6 years old 8+ years old 12:30 12:30 19:30 14:00 11:00 Non-verbal English

40 Minutes 19:30 75 Minutes PROGRAMME | CRADLE OF CREATIVITY T: 021 822 0070 / 1 / 2 | E: [email protected] | www.assitej2017.org.za Book at

Sensescapes Soro et le Grain de Maïs Independent Artist Magique Sensescapes proposes a choreographed, Compagnie la vie a pied interactive and multi-sensory experience within an installation based environment Soro et le Grain de Maïs Magique which challenges usual conceptions of (Soro and the Lucky Grain of Corn) aesthetics for babies. It unfolds a series of in a village, deep in the forest interconnected events which are inducing Mother and Father gave interplay of the audience's physical Soro, their only son movement and sensory input, triggering a lucky grain of corn. their curiosity and encouraging their agency in landscape rich in stimuli. This production based on Véronique Tadjo's book, is a mixture of tale, shadow "The interrelational ecology which emerges puppetry, and live music. from the placement of children and carers Sweden Serbia France Reunion Island Mauritius Ivory Coast within a safe, immersive environment creates a community which itself reflects and embodies Choreography: Dalija Acin Thelander | Performance: Noah Hellwig, Direction: Déborah Martin | Script : Véronique Tadjo | Music : Yohann Lamy the performance aesthetic. Rebecka Stillman, Ellen Söderhult Performance: Déborah Martin, Yohann Lamy (Excerpt from 'The Emancipated Baby' by Ben Fletcher-Watson)

CITY HALL | Theatre 2 21 22 23 24 BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | The Masambe 22 23 24 25 MAY 2017 MAY 2017 BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | The Golden Arrow Studio 10:00 10:00 10:00 12:30 12:00 12:00 3 to 18 months old 10 - 12 years old 14:00 14:00 11:30 12:30 14:00 16:00 Non -verbal English 14:00 17:30 15:00 14:00 40 Minutes 30 Minutes

Sparrow Spirit Songs Teater Fot Magnet Theatre Educational Trust & Sparrows are small, chubby and tousled. The International Theatre and Literacy Project They usually appear in a flock. They aren’t too afraid, almost a bit brazen. All through Spirit Songs is an original ensemble collage the year sparrows stay close to people. play telling the stories of 50 young people Most children are familiar with the sparrow, from four Cape Town Townships through and maybe they can see that they are monologues, poetry, song and dance. The curious and playful, just like themselves. play expresses the hopes, fears, dreams and In our sparrow-interpretation, the birds aspirations of 50 courageous youth grappling are hatched under the sun’s warming rays. with challenges of growing up in the new They find their way out of the egg and try to South Africa. tackle the first challenges in life. The most Norway SpainSouth Africa scary thing is probably to stray away from the others.

Direction: Lise Hovik | Stage design: Lise Hovik, Ingrid Becker Direction: Stephen DiMenna. Chesray Dolpha | Assisted by: Yonela Sithela, The piece is first and foremost a celebration Music: Michael Duch, Tor Haugerud | Performance: Janne Brit Rustad Maggi Fernando | Choreography: Mbovu Malinga | Performance: 50 youth of play and social interaction in an Live Strugstad, Andreas Thoresen Medboee participants from Project Playground, Ithemba La Bantu, Chris Hani, Sibelius High School. atmosphere of light, dance and music.

24 25 26 27 MAY 2017 20 21 22 23 BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | The Flipside MAY 2017 CULTURAL HUB | Vrygrond

09:30 10:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 0 to 2 years old 14+ years old 11:00 11:30 11:30 12:30 12:00 Non - verbal English | isiXhosa

16:00 40 Minutes 19:30 19:30 40 Minutes

Tears by the River The Bookbinder Krystal Puppeteers Trick of the Light Theatre This is a story of a brave monkey Libendi, who leaves his land after a great famine has They say you can get lost in a good book. killed many of his fellow monkeys. But it’s worse to get lost in a bad one...

His adventurous safari takes him far off to a ’From award-winning NZ company Trick of river where after losing his energy from days the Light Theatre comes a story of mystery, of walking through valleys and mountains, magic and mayhem. The Bookbinder deserts and barren land with no food and weaves shadowplay, paper art, puppetry, water, he dies just beside the river before he and music into an original dark fairytale in could taste the life-giving water. the vein of Neil Gaiman. With awards around the world including Animals from that forest come to honor, Kenya Best of the Fringe (NZ Fringe 2014), New Zealand respect and praise him by naming the river International Excellence Award (Sydney after Libendi. This does not sit well with the Direction: Fedelis Kyalo | Script: Chrispin Mwakideu | Design: Fedelis Kyalo, Fringe 2014), and the BDO Children’s Direction: Hannah Smith | Script: Ralph McCubbin Howell kings of the jungle and prompts them to do Chrispin Mwakideu | Performance: Fedelis kyalo, Chrispin Mwakideu Theatre Award (Fringe World, Perth 2015), Music: Tane Upjohn-Beatson | Performance: Ralph McCubbin Howell unimaginable things. The Bookbinder is an inventive one-man performance for adults and children.

17 18 20 21 CITY HALL | Theatre 2 MAY 2017 18 19 20 21 MAY 2017 CITY HALL | Theatre 2 CULTURAL HUB | Atlantis 10:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 6+ years old 10:00 12:30 12:30 10+ years old 14:00 12:00 14:30 14:00 English 15:30 15:15 English 16:00 45 Minutes 55 Minutes

The Dancing Beasts The Kids from or the Discreet Spell of Amandla Street! the Wild La Liga Teatro elastico Seeds of Water In a street that carries a significant heritage, This interdisciplinary project presents the live four kids, Obi, Jimmy, Palesa and symbolic act of rebuilding and giving life Lillian. Together they grapple with issues of to a wolf pack and a great deer in a public identity, school, distanced parents and their space; together they will enact the ancient desire to see the completion of the street. dance of hunter and prey that allows life to blossom in this planet. In their transition years, playing becomes an experience they need, but also feel A festive collective ritual held in a public detached from. A neighbourhood watchman presents a challenge that leaves space, that includes the active participation them having to reach deep within to climb of young people prepared previously in a 5 Mexico out of the confines placed by the society South Africa day workshop, along with local puppeteers. they exist in.

Art direction and puppet design: iker vicente | stage direction and Direction: Binnie Christie | Script: Lereko Mfono costume design: Jacqueline serafín | construction: humberto galicia, iker vicente photography: alberto pacheco salgado pablo federico performance: irlanda paredes, daniel loyola, angelo endley, donna kouter, Cissie jonas

17 18 19 20 MAY 2017 21 22 23 24 Company’s Garden and surrounds @ City Walk MAY 2017 BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | Flipside 10:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 ALL 13+ years old 19:30 14:00 12:00 11:30 14:00 14:00 Non-Verbal English 19:30 90 Minutes 20:00 18:30 60 Minutes PROGRAMME | CRADLE OF CREATIVITY T: 021 822 0070 / 1 / 2 | E: [email protected] | www.assitej2017.org.za Book at

The Underground Library Three Monks Independent Artist China National Theatre for Children

Khanya is on the verge of getting through Adapted from the ancient Chinese legend, matric and out into the world when she “Three Monks” tells an interesting story that crosses paths with a fugitive from the “One boy is a boy; two boys half boy; three cops. He gives her something forbidden boys no boy”. in this future Johannesburg... a book. And inadvertently kicks off a race between The story is simple, yet it has the philosophy government agents, terrorists and hackers of unity and cooperation; it reflects on to get control of the truth. sincerity among people and harmony between man and nature. The show With lyrical physical style, the cast of this integrates traditional Chinese opera, martial high - energy story challenge authority and arts and many other classic elements of cast a light on current politics by asking South Africa Chinese culture, which will certainly make China what might happen next. audiences feel the charm of Chinese culture. The artists unfold this interesting story Direction: Koleka Putuma | Script: Jon Keevy | Performance: Dustin Beck, Direction: Ernan Mao | Script: Xing Mu | Design: Juntao Yang Maggie Gericke, Tankiso Mamabolo, Thando Mangcu, Cleo Raatus, Kathleen through body language, which reminds us Performance: Xiaoming Liu, Yan Tang, Jingbo Hu, Zijing Wu Stephens of the most beautiful and unforgettable

period of time.

24 25 26 27 MAY 2017 24 25 26 27 ARTSCAPE THEATRE CENTRE | The Arena MAY 2017 BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | Theatre

11:00 11:30 11:30 14:00 12:30 11:30 13+ years old 4+ years old 14:00 14:30 12:00 14:00 12:30 16:30 English Non - Verbal

17:00 19:00 16:00 75 Minutes 19:00 19:30 70 Minutes

Tiger Bay Transhumance Cape Town Opera & Wales Millennium Centre … the sheep are in town Corpus & Tiger Bay is an epic new musical set in the docks of Cardiff at a time when coal was Jazzart Dance Theatre king. Filled with rousing music and a cast of unforgettable characters, Tiger Bay is a Reality meets fantasy in this wordless live universal story of courage, reconciliation installation that recreates a bucolic country and love. With Olivier and Tony Award- scene in a typical urban setting. nominated director Melly Still leading an outstanding international creative team, Travel to a strange and hilarious universe as this short run offers a rare opportunity to CORPUS takes you through a carefully studied, be the first to see a major new international surrealistic overview of sheep behaviour. musical A truly innovative performance twists reality Spain South Africa Wales in surprising ways and takes audience Canada South Africa Cost: R350 / R250 interaction to new heights. Please note: Tiger Bay is not Music: Daf James | Book & lyrics: Michael Williams | Director: Melly Still Concept and choreography: David Danzon & Sylvir Bouchard included in the Delegate Packages. Co-director: Max Barton | Choreographer : Kenneth Tharp | Designer: Anna Costumes: Joanne Le Blanc | Performance: Darion Adams, Ambia Andrews, Fleischle | Lighting designer: Joshua Carr | Sound designer: Christopher Shutt Gabriella Dirkse, Lynette du Plessis, Abdul-Aaghier Isaacs, Tanzley Jooste,

Music Director & Supervisor: David Mahoney | Orchestrator : Jeff Howard Sanga Mabulu, Luyanda Mdingi Casting (uk) : Charlotte Sutton MAY 2017

20 21 23 20 21 22 23 THE V&A WATERFRONT | Amphitheatre ARTSCAPE THEATRE CENTRE | Opera House MAY 2017 BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | Theatre Gardens 18:00 15:00 19:30 14:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 7+ years old 3+ years old

24 25 26 27 11:00 14:00 11:00 English Non - verbal

19:30 19:30 19:30 18:00 120 minutes + interval 12:00 17:30 18:00 80 Minutes

Tupo Kama Nipo Us/Them Bronks C:NTACT, Theatre Arts Admin Collective & Mbothwe During a hostage drama in a school in & Doni Collective Beslan that started in September 2004, Tupo Kama Nipo is the Swahili for We Are the greatest of evils, terrorists, chose the If I Am, and explores the effects of war on greatest good, a group of children, as their identity. Created by a diverse group of victims. 'Us / Them' is not a straightforward young people living in South Africa, Tupo account of this terrible drama, but is about Kama Nipo is personal. the entirely individual way children cope with extreme situations. With humour and a Created in collaboration with C:NTACT in matter-of- fact approach, it contrasts Denmark, the young people have gone the views of children with those of adults. through an intense 3-week process. Workshops in theatre, design and music BRONKS is one of Belgium’s leading Belgium South Africa have helped each person create a personal theatres for young audiences. A lightness of narrative that have been woven together to storytelling, breath-taking scenography and Direction and script: Carly Wijs| Design: Stef Stessels, Dramaturg, Mieke Direction: Mandla Mbothwe | Creative Team: Thando Doni, Versyp| Created with: Thomas Vantuycom | Lighting: Thomas Clause create Tupo Kama Nipo. Francesco Nassimbeni, Nolufefe Mtshabe | Design: Facilitated By Francesco a strong cast create a thrilling, unmissable Sound: Peter Brughmans | Performance: Gytha Parmentier, Roman van Nassimbeni | Music: Facilitated By Nolufefe Mtshabe theatrical experience. Houtven Performance: Rolia Banzouzi, Asive Dapo, Heinrich Frans, Zintle Ngeshe, Thando Nonxuba, Kamva Obose

23 24 25 26 22 23 24 25 MAY 2017 MAY 2017 ARTSCAPE THEATRE CENTRE | Theatre ARTSCAPE THEATRE CENTRE | Theatre 10:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 11:30 10:00 14+ years old 10+ years old 11:30 14:00 14:00 14:00 14:00 15:30 14:00 English, Afrikaans English 19:30 20:00 18:30 19:30 60 Minutes 50 Minutes

What Goes UP… When Lion Had Wings Jungle Theatre FTH:K What Goes UP… is a playful, gentle and When Lion Had Wings uses daring stilt explorative production devised to capture characterizations, animal masks, original the imagination of young children aged music and Nama language to tell a 3 -7 years old. traditional Khoikhoi folktale. The story starts in ancient times when all the animals Through the art of gentle clowning and lived in fear of Lion who could fly. However, experiential children’s theatre, the show some tricky Frogs reveal that Lion’s magic is investigates the physical and emotional hidden beneath a pile of bones. The Frogs scopes of all things Up and Down. The challenges Lion’s greed and lead the animals costumes will captivate, the performers will to discover their talents and restore the enchant and the story will allow children balance of nature. Jungle Theatre Company has developed a style of theatre that is the opportunity to connect with the South Africa South Africa emotions they experience in their worlds. based in clowning, draws from different cultures and is ideal for a family audience. Direction: Jayne Batzofin| Script (Devised): Jayne Batzofin Direction: Vincent Meyburgh| Design: Andy Jones, Shrinkray Puppets Created for Deaf Children, and using South Matthew Baldwin, Iman Isaacs, Jori Snell (Mentor), Gabi dan Droste Translation: Bradley Van Sitters | Company Manager: Miranda Tait African Sign Language, the play is also (Mentor) | Design: Jayne Batzofin, Jori Snell|Performance : Iman Performance: Joce Engelbrecht, Ntombifuthi Mkhasibe, Seiso Qhola Siyawandisa Badi, Kelly Spilhaus, Athenkosi Dyantyi, Vincent Meyburgh accessible and magical to hearing children. Isaacs, Jayne Batzofin

20 21 ... 25 CULTURAL HUB | Atlantis 23 24 25 26 MAY 2017 MAY 2017 ARTSCAPE THEATRE CENTRE |Rehearsal Room 207 ARTSCAPE THEATRE CENTRE | Piazza 10:00 10:00 10:00 11:00 11:00 10:00 3+ years old 3 to 7 years old 11:30 12:00 11:00 14:00 14:00 12:00 English, Afrikaans, isiXhosa, Nama South African Sign Language 20:00 17:00 30 Minutes 17:00 19:00 45 Minutes PROGRAMME | CRADLE OF CREATIVITY T: 021 822 0070 / 1 / 2 | E: [email protected] | www.assitej2017.org.za Book at

Whiteout Yao Yao Barrowland Ballet BRUSH Theatre LLC

“Bringing a thrillingly muscular energy... Cheerful Crash! Exciting Adventure! this is a take on life with genuine strength of conviction in a natural, vivid style.” **** Yaoyao is a mischievous little girl who loves The Guardian playing with her Dad. But he has to put on his business suit, pick up his briefcase Whiteout is a heartfelt dance theatre piece and go to work. When Yaoyao grabs hold that gives resonance to the complexities of his overcoat to stop him leaving, a of bi-racial relationships. Informed by thread unravels and becomes the start of a personal experiences from her marriage magical world of adventure and and as the mother of bi-racial children, discovery. Join Yaoyao on her ingenious acclaimed choreographer Natasha Gilmore journey to find out what’s waiting for her at (Tiger Tale), explores this issue with Scotland The Republic of Korea the end of the thread… honesty and humour. With original music by Luke Sutherland the six dancers use Choreography: Natasha Gilmore| Design: Jennie Lööf | Lighting Designer: their versatility of styles to create a visually Sergey Jakovsky | Composer: Luke Sutherland Director: Kiljun Lee | Musician: Sangguon Seo | Performer: Byungwook Cho, exciting show. Producer: Belinda McElhinney Performance : Joanne Pirrie, Amarnah Heeae Lee | Multi-media: Taegwan Kwag | Company Manager: Wheeyeon Kim Amuludun: Vince Virr, Kai-Wen Chuang, KJ Clarke-Davis, Sean Graham

21 22 23 24 MAY 2017 22 23 24 25 ARTSCAPE THEATRE CENTRE | Theatre MAY 2017 BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | The Golden Arrow Studio

11:30 11:30 10:00 11:00 11:30 10:00 14+ years old 3+ years old 14:00 14:00 16:00 14:00 14:00 12:30 Non - Verbal Non - verbal

17:00 19:00 16:00 50 minutes 17:00 19:00 50 minutes

young@home Zapato busca Sapato Hillbrow Theatre & C:NTACT La Maquina de Teatro Troupe de Truoes An inter-generational project that brings together youth and elderly residing in Zapato busca Sapato (Zapato seeks Sapato) Hillbrow and the inner-city of Johannesburg. is about Euyo, a little shoe born alone young@home is a radio cinema presentation in his box, in México city. The search for of their personal stories and experiences of his other pair, his brother shoe, takes Hillbrow as home. him into a journey of adventure, full of symbolic meanings and discoveries. He It is an exploration of the dissolution of goes from México to Brazil and from there notions of home and what constitutes to Mozambique where Euyo finally meets community in a city with a long history of and recognizes his match and playmate ever-changing migrant communities. It is South Africa Denmark Mumba. Mexico Mozambique Brazil based on the true accounts of the sad, the joyous, the reflective, the prospective, the Working between myths and reality, funny, and at times, obscure, random stories Direction: Gcebile Dlamini & Joao Orecchia | Scriptwriter: Jefferson Tshabala between cultural fictions and hard Direction: Clarissa Malheiros | Script: Rogério Manjate,Clarissa , Malheiros, and memories. Choreographer: Sonia Radebe | Composer: Nhlanhla Mahlangu | Design: Gcebile truths, this project is a metaphor where Juliana Faesler | Set design: Juliana Faesler, Paulo Merísio| Puppetry: Toztli Dlamini | Sound Design and Radio: Joao Orecchia | Consulting Director: Peter three realities, three identities recognise Abril de Dios | Lighting and Production: Erika Gómez | Performance: Toztli Dupont Weiss|Performers: Flora Nkoana, Vicky Walker, Lihlethemba Ngcobo, Violet Abril de Dios, Andrés Tena, Ronan Vaz, Ricardo Augusto, Esteban Caicedo, Milena Ledwaba, Lungile Witbooi, Tahliso Makaleng, Sibusiso Nkosi themselves in the search for their origins. Pitombo

22 23 24 25 MAY 2017 MAY 2017 22 23 24 25 CITY HALL | Workshop Space MAY 2017 BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | The Golden Arrow Studio

10:00 10:00 12:00 10:00 14+ years old 5+ years old 14:00 14:00 English 19:00 12:00 16:00 Spanish & Portuguese

17:00 19:00 60 Minutes | 20 minutes for exhibition 19:30 50 minutes

Zick Zack Puff! Company Mafalda

A strange and wonderful world where fantasy creatures encounter one another. Together they overcome their limitations and differences to form a unified common strength.

With the language of movement, the dancers show that it is always worthwhile to seek out new perspectives, even in seemingly hopeless situations. SpainSwitzerland Creative costume design, based on astonishingly simple materials, allows the dancers to quickly shift from one story to Direction - Choreography: Teresa Rotemberg | Design: Tanja Liebermann, the next, creating a series of fantasy-rich Heinze Baumann | Music: Tanja Müller | Performance: Diane Gemsch, Hella Immler, Fausto Izzi | Technician on tour : Adrian Grimozzi, situations, short episodes, and pictures. Dramaturgy : Ralph Blase

21 22 23 24 MAY 2017 BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE | Theatre

11:00 10:00 5 + years old

19:00 16:30 16:00 Non-verbal

18:30 50 minutes

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R 40 for block bookings of 10+ ASSITEJ South Africa www.assitej2017.org.za For schools packages and booking contact [email protected] [email protected] T: +27 21 822 0070 / 1 / 2 / 9 CRADLE OF CREATIVITY T: 021 822 0070 / 1 / 2 | E: [email protected] | www.assitej2017.org.za Book at PROGRAMME | A showcase of African and South African work for audiences MAGNET THEATRE PRESENTS from 3 weeks to 12 years-old.

“ROCKING THE CRADLE” For more info and booking contact: [email protected] | 021 448 3436. 24 - 26 May 2017

AHA! CLOUD CATCHER A box arrives in an empty space! The story follows the adventures What could be inside? Aha! Wool! of Buhle, a young girl from Langa Pulling out the thread, the actors Township, Cape Town who decides weave themselves and the children to end the dreaded drought once into the wondrous world of wool. and for all. A delightful blend of Directed by Nwabisa Plaaitjie, education and entertainment with a Magnet Theatre’s show recently strong message of hope, resilience toured to Germany to participate and empowerment. Directed by Richard Antrobus with Asiphe Lili. in the Helios Theatre Festival Company: Magnet Theatre (Created with the Director: Richard Antrobus “hellwach 2017”. support of Goethe Institute and Helios) With: Asiphe Lili Director: Nwabisa Plaatjie Created with the company: Beviol Swartz, Emmanuel Ntsamba, Zizipho Quluba & Luthando Mvandaba Fri May 26th 14h45 – 15h30 Fri May 26th 12h30 – 13h20 Recommended Age: 2 to 7 years Recommended Age: 7 to 9 years

JUST HERE KNOCK ‘Just Here’ is a unique piece of 4 performers enter and explore puppetry theatre about a little the natural material of wood, its someone called Kodu heading out sounds, what it can do, what it can into the world and making it her make. Stimulating for the own. The production meets the imagination, the cast create young audience eye-to-eye, strange, magical animals and mind-to-mind. This is the most images with wonderfully shaped recent creation from Pillow Fort pieces of forest wood. Using few Productions who developed the Company: Pillow Fort Productions words it includes a rhythmic and Company: Magnet Theatre (With support highly acclaimed “Patchwork”. Director: Gabriel Marchand creative interaction with the from Goethe institute and Helios) With: Asanda Rilityana, Roshina Ratnam children. Director: Jennie Reznek Created by the company With: Lwan- do Magwaca, Livie Ncanywa & Athenkosi Mfamela

Wed May 24th 15h00 – 15h30 Fri May 26th 10h15 – 11h00 Recommended Age: 2 to 5 years Recommended Age: 2 to 7 years

PAIRED RAT RACE In a group of shoes each journeys Well Worn Theatre Company’s to find its pair, searches for a Rat Race’s is a pop –up storybook partner, longs to belong. 4 actors play about an unlikely friendship invite us to the shoe party. Playful, between stressed-out city rat Miles inventive and full of soul, Paired and kind, easy-going farm mouse was created by the 2016 Magnet Melissa. It’s a comic play with Theatre intern trainees along with music, clowning, puppetry, theatre-making intern Lwanda illustrations and physical theatre Sindaphi as director. that tells a colorful ‘tail’ about Big Company: Magnet Theatre (Created with the Changes in Little Lives. Company: Well Worn Theatre Company support of Goethe Institute and Helios) Director: Kyla Davis Director: Lwanda Sindaphi Performed by: Roberto Pombo and Created by the Company With: Natasha Ameera Patel Gana, Livie Ncanywa, Lwanda Magwaca & Meagan Booysen

Wed May 24th 13h00 – 13h40 Thur May 25th 12h00 – 13h00 Recommended Age: 2 to 7 years Recommended Age: 4 to 6 years

Scoop: Kitchen Play Space Rocks for Carers and Babes JoJo and Jinks build a space craft in Magnet Theatre’s SCOOP is the first their bedroom and go on a magical ever South African baby play. adventure, in search of a “better Performed by 4 performers trained planet” than Earth. With a blend of in connecting with the very young, mythology and science, this play in a contained custom built tent, explores how children learn they engage with 8 carers and through play, and find hidden babes taking the youngest strength within as they take their first steps towards independence. audiences on an enchanting Company: Magnet Theatre Company: Flying House journey designed to interest, (Created with support from SA/UK Season) Director: Athena Mazarakis surprise and soothe. Director: Koleka Putuma Writer: Tamara Guhrs Assisted by: Jennie Reznek Created by the company With: Sivuyile Wed: May 24th 9h30 – 10h15 Dunjwa, Jason Jacobs, Nolufefe Ntshuntshe & Indalo Stofile Fri: May 26th 9h30 – 10h15 Thur May 25th 14h30 – 15h20 Recommended Age: 7 to 9 years Recommended Age: 3 weeks to 12 months

WOODWAYS The Willow Seeds, roots, trees, firewood, Pattern Tale sticks and paper – these are the In 1790, Thomas Minton designed ways of wood. Woodways takes and engraved The Willow Pattern young audiences on an adventure for the Caughley porcelain factory discovering the characteristics in Shropshire, England. He created of wood. In a relaxed and happy a romantic story based on the atmosphere, the actors (from motifs of the design. Jill Joubert Cameroon and Kenya) and the brings the story alive once again in audience are drawn Company: Shazama from Yaounde Cameroon (Created with the support of an intimate setting, using together gaining insight into the world of the wood. Magnet Theatre/Helios and Goethe Institute) beautifully crafted puppets. Director: Sophia Mempuh Kwachuh Created and Performed: Jill Joubert Created by the Company With: Alumbe (and puppets) Hellen Collins, Kento Jumah and Fokumlah Burnley Yaya Wed May 24th 10h30 – 11h15 Recommended Age: 7 to 12 years Thur May 25th 9h30 – 10h15 Recommended Age: 2 to 7 years

Performances Focus Days Performances Additional events WEDNESDAY / 17 MAY 2017 10h00 to 10h35 Ekhaya Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Upstairs Rehearsal Room 10h00 to 11h30 Karoo Moose Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Arena 10h00 to 10h55 Our House City Hall City Hall Theatre 2 10h00 to 10h45 Panali Panali Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Golden Arrow Studio 10h00 to 11h15 Seedfolks City Hall City Hall Theatre 1 12h00 to 13h30 Animal Farm Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Theatre 12h00 to 12h35 Ekhaya Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Upstairs Rehearsal Room 12h00 to 12h45 Panali Panali Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Golden Arrow Studio 14h00 to 14h55 Our House City Hall City Hall Theatre 2 19h30 to 20h45 Seedfolks City Hall City Hall Theatre 1 19h30 to 20h30 OPENING CEREMONY Baxter Theatre Centre Theatre THURSDAY / 18 MAY 2017

10h00 to 10h35 Ekhaya Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Upstairs Rehearsal Room 10h00 to 11h30 Animal Farm Artscape Theatre Centre Baxter Theatre 10h00 to 11h15 Seedfolks City Hall City Hall Theatre 1 10h00 to 10h45 Tears by the River City Hall City Hall Theatre 2 12h00 to 12h45 A Mano Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Golden Arrow Studio 12h00 to 13h30 Rite of Spring Artscape Theatre Centre Theatre Upstage 12h00 to 12h35 Ekhaya Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Upstairs Rehearsal Room 12h00 to 13h00 Red Earth Revisited Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Theatre 12h00 to 12h45 Tears by the river City Hall City Hall Theatre 2 14h00 to 15h15 Seedfolks City Hall City Hall Theatre 1 14h30 to 16h00 Karoo Moose Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Arena 16h30 to 18h00 Rite of Spring Artscape Theatre Centre Theatre Upstage 19h00 to 20h20 Pockets of Knowledege City Hall City Hall Theatre 2 19h30 to 21h00 Karoo Moose Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Arena

FRIDAY / 19 MAY 2017 09h30 to 11h00 Korean Storytelling Performance Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Upstairs Rehearsal Room 10h00 to 11h30 Animal Farm Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Theatre 10h00 to 10h55 Gretel and Hansel Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Flipside 10h00 to 11h11 Making Mandela City Hall City Hall Theatre 1 10h00 to 10h35 Patchwork Baxter Theatre Centre City Hall Theatre 1 10h00 to 11h20 Pockets of Knowledge City Hall The Masambe 12h00 to 13h00 Making Mandela City Hall City Hall Theatre 2 12h00 to 13h30 Rite of Spring Artscape Theatre Centre Theatre Upstage 12h30 to 13h15 A Mano Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Golden Arrow Studio 12h30 to 13h30 Red Earth Revisited Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Theatre 14h30 to 16h00 Karoo Moose Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Arena 15h00 to 15h55 Gretel and Hansel Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Flipside 18h30 to 19h15 A Mano Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Golden Arrow Studio 19h30 to 21h00 Animal Farm Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Theatre 19h30 to 20h30 Red Earth Revisited Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Theatre

SATURDAY / 20 MAY 2017

10h00 to 10h55 Gretel and Hansel Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Flipside 10h00 to 10h35 Patchwork Baxter Theatre Centre The Masambe 10h00 to 11h00 Making Mandela Cultural Hub Guga S'thebe Cultural Hub 10h00 to 10h40 Panali Panali Cultural Hub iThemba Labantu Cultural Hub 10h00 to 10h45 Tears by the River Cultural Hub Atlantis Cultural Hub 10h00 to 11h00 Rite of Spring Artscape Theatre Centre Theatre Upstairs 10h00 to 11h00 Spirit Songs Cultural Hub Vrygrond Cultural Hub 11h00 to 11h45 A Mano Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Golden Arrow Studio 11h00 to 11h45 It's Dark Outside City Hall City Hall Theatre 1 11h00 to 11h45 Transhumance: the sheep are in town V&A Waterfront V&A Waterfront 12h00 to 12h55 Mbuzeni Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Arena 12h00 to 13h00 The Dancing Beasts The Company's Garden Cape Town 12h30 to 13h25 The Bookbinder City Hall City Hall Theatre 2 14h00 to 14h55 Gretel and Hansel Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Flipside 14h00 to 14h45 It's Dark Outside City Hall City Hall Theatre 1 14h00 to 15h30 Khokho's Treasure Cultural Hub Atlantis Cultural Hub 14h00 to 15h00 Maimane! Cultural Hub iThemba Labantu Cultural Hub 14h00 to 15h05 Obisike: It Takes a Lion's Heart Cultural Hub Vrygrond Cultural Hub 14h00 to 15h00 Rite of Spring Artscape Theatre Centre Theatre Upstairs 14h00 to 14h55 Our House Cultural Hub Guga S'thebe Cultural Hub 15h00 to 15h35 Patchwork Baxter Theatre Centre The Masambe 15h30 to 16h25 The Bookbinder City Hall City Hall Theatre 2 16h30 to 17h25 Mbuzeni Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Arena 17h00 to 18h00 Insta-Grammar Cultural Hub Guga S'thebe Cultural Hub 17h00 to 18h00 Moi, Monsieur, Moi! Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Golden Arrow Studio 17h00 to 18h00 My Culture, My Strength, My Identity Cultural Hub Vrygrond Cultural Hub 17h00 to 17h45 Phefumla Cultural Hub iThemba Labantu Cultural Hub 17h00 to 18h20 Pockets of Knowledege Cultural Hub Atlantis Cultural Hub 18h00 to 19h45 Tiger Bay Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Opera House 19h30 to 21h00 Animal Farm Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Theatre 19h30 to 20h30 Moi, Monsieur, Moi! Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Golden Arrow Studio ...Presentations, Papers, Panels, Symposia, Workshops, and Happenings TUESDAY / 16 MAY 2017 09h00 to 18h30 ITYARN Conference ITYARN, UCT, Drama for Life City Hall

WEDNESDAY / 17 MAY 2017 09h00 to 18h00 ITYARN Conference ITYARN, UCT, Drama for Life City Hall

09h00 to 15h45 ASSITEJ Executive Committee Meeting Executive Committee Artscape Isibaya

10h00 to 13h00 Next Generation 2017 Meet and Greet Artscape Opera Bar

14h00 to 15h45 Next Generation 2017 Sharing Skills Workshop Artscape Rehearsal Room 207

14h00 to 17h45 Objects with Objectives International Puppetry Symposium City Hall Workshop Space

16h00 to 18h00 ASSITEJ Playground ASSITEJ Executive Committee, Delegates Artscape Chandelier Foyer

19h30 to 20h30 Cradle of Creativity Opening Ceremony Directed by Thando Doni (Come at 19h00 and enjoy a beverage before the ceremony). Baxter Theatre & Baxter Flipside THURSDAY / 18 MAY 2017

09h00 to 18h00 Focus Day: Storytelling City Hall

09h00 to 09h45 Plenary / Welcome Facilitated by Drama for Life City Hall Grand Hall

10h00 to 11h00 Iintsomi Yabantu / Storytelling in the 21st century - Why the world needs what you already know Presentations by Gcina Mhlophe (SA) / Rives Collins (USA) City Hall Grand Hall

11h30 to 13h00 Storytelling Methodologies. Theatrical Space & Storytelling as Rite/Naghali- Iranian Oral Presentations by Orek Omondi (Kenya), Mohammad Aghebati (Iran) and Traver Mudzonga City Hall Grand Hall Storytelling / Influence for social change (Zimbabwe)

14h00 to 15h30 Acting Out - The Challenges of Childhood Collaboration in Creation of Drama for Life Panel with Karen Libman (USA) / Subodh Patnaik (India) / Daniel Kelin (USA) City Hall Grand Hall

14h00 to 15h30 Sigana Storytelling Theater Storytelling workshop with John Namai (Kenya) City Hall Seminar Room 2

16h00 to 18h00 What gifts of stories did we gather today? Activity with Drama For Life (University of Witwatersrand) City Hall Seminar Room 1

17h00 to 18h30 Dance screening Jump First and Ask Later screening ( Australia) District Six Homecoming Centre

09h00 to 13h45 Objects with Objectives International Puppetry Symposium Artscape Rehearsal Room 207

10h00 to 11h00 Cape Town: A Sense of Place Orientation activity for playwrights - Write Local, Play Global Artscape Resource Centre

11h00 to 18h00 ASSITEJ Executive Committee Meeting Executive Committee Artscape Isibaya

14h30 to 18h00 Objects with Objectives Open Session International Puppetry Symposium - Open public session in Applied Puppetry with specialists from Artscape Planning Board Room the USA, UK and SA.

16h15 to 18h30 Appreciative Dialogue Workshop Workshop for Next Generation 2017 and delegates, with Henrik Koehler and Peter Manscher Artscape Rehearsal Room 207 (Denmark)

18h00 to 19h00 Royal Netherlands Embassy Reception Special event, by invitation Artscape Theatre Foyer

18h00 to 19h30 Screening: Jump First and Ask Later (Australia) This is an urban choreographic portrait of the streets of Fairfield, the most culturally diverse region District Six Homecoming Centre in Australia. Discussion with Artistic Director, Karen Therese, will follow. FRIDAY / 19 MAY 2017

09h00 to 18h00 Focus Day: Theatre as Education City Hall

09h00 to 10h00 Plenary / Welcome Welcome by UCT; Keynote Address, Revitalizing ‘African’ traditional dances for young City Hall Grand Hall audiences through watching music videos by Vicensia Shule (Tanzania)

10h00 to 11h00 All from One: Humanity's Shared Origins Presentation and Demonstration with Robert Blumenschine (USA) and Andrea Leenen (SA) from PAST City Hall Grand Hall

11h30 to 13h00 The importance of the arts for learning Paper discussion with Terri Elliott (SA), Tamara Goldbogen (USA), Alison Green (SA) and Margot Wood City Hall Seminar Room 1 (SA)

11h30 to 13h00 How we speak about TYA? Workshop with Jonas Feller (Germany), after which delegates see Animal Farm. 2 - Day workshop City Hall Seminar Room 2 (continued on 20 May 11h30 to 13h00)

14h00 to 16h00 The arts/drama as an integrated mode of learning Paper discussion with Jefferson Dirks-Korkee (SA), Fahimeh Masoomzadeh (Iran), Selloane Mokuku City Hall Grand Hall (SA) and Bridgette van Leuven (Australia)

16h30 to 18h00 Crossing the river - towards an emerging pedagogy for integrating arts and maths education Seminar with Professor Kennedy Chinyowa (Zimbabwe), Dr Tsholofelo Maforah (SA), Selloane City Hall Seminar Room 1 Mokuku (SA), and Professor Willy Mwakapenda

16h30 to 18h00 Theatre in and as education Paper discussion with Gry Worre Hallberg (Denmark), Lucia Rackova (CR), Smriti Sharma (India) City Hall Grand Hall

10h00 to 13h00 Objects with Objectives International Puppetry Symposium Artscape Isibaya

14h00 to 18h00 Objects with Objectives Open Session International Puppetry Symposium. Open Public Session: Images and Objects, working with the Artscape Isibaya techniques of Augusto Boal with specialists from Northern Ireland and Colombia

09h00 to 13h00 Baby Dance Workshop: Choreographic practices for babies / Towards interrelational ecology Led by Dalija Acin Thelander (Serbia/Sweden) of Sensescapes Artscape Rehearsal Room 207 and immersion

14h00 to 16h00 An exchange about Engaging Youngsters Workshop with Pernille Welent Sorenson (Demark) Artscape Rehearsal Room 207

16h00 to 21h00 Next Generation 2017 Viewpoints Workshop with Erwin Maas (Netherlands/USA) Artscape Rehearsal Room 207

18h00 to 19h30 Launch of Exhibition: 21 - Memories of Growing Up Delegates, hosted by Pro Helvetia District Six Homecoming Centre SATURDAY / 20 MAY 2017

09h00 to 18h00 Performance Hub with Atlantis community & delegates Atlantis Cultural Hub

09h00 to 21h00 Focus Day: Theatre for Social Change with Langa community & delegates Guga S'Thebe Cultural Hub

09h00 to 09h30 Plenary / Welcome, Telling it like it is Led by Drama for Life Guga S'Thebe Outdoor Amphitheatre

09h00 to 18h00 Guga S'Thebe Live! A celebration of local performance Guga S'Thebe Outdoor Amphitheatre

10h00 to 11h00 Documentary "VMESTE. Teenage theatre against xenophobia" Documentary screening by Ada Mukhina (Russia) Guga S'Thebe The Dome

11h30 to 13h00 Documentary theatre as a tool for education Workshop by Ada Mukhina (Russia) with Natasha Borenko (Russia) and Maria Kolosova (Russia) by Guga S'Thebe The Dome Skype

14h00 to 16h30 Verbatim Theatre: Staging Children’s Stories / I told my Mum I was going on an Papers led by Kate Brown (Ireland), Julia Samuels (UK) by skype and Priyanka Chatterjee (India) Guga S'Thebe The Dome RE Trip… / I promise the unborn child a liveable place

17h45 to 18h30 Discussion of Insta-grammar Led by Drama for Life Guga S'Thebe The Dome

18h30 to 21h00 Social Event – stay into the evening and enjoy, ekasi style Jazz and township braai NOTE: Additional Cost of R 200 Guga S'Thebe Outdoor Raised Stage

09h00 t o 18h30 Focus Day: Theatre for Social Change with Philippi community & delegates iThemba Labantu Cultural Hub

09h00 to 09h30 Plenary / Welcome Led by Drama for Life iThemba Labantu Primary School Classroom 1

09h00 to 18h00 iThemba Labantu Live! A celebration of local performance iThemba Labantu Outdoor Courtyard

10h00 to 11h00 Social Change Presentations: Twenty 2016 / 40 Year's a growin' / Roots of Ubuntu Projects led by Olivia Harris (UK), Tony Fegan (Ireland) and Pamela Tancsik (SA) & Kanya Padayachee iThemba Labantu Primary School Classroom 1 (SA)

11h30 to 13h00 Diversity and Multiculturalism Multicultural theatre in Jaffa Presentation led by Norman Issa and Gidona Raz (Israel) iThemba Labantu Primary School Classroom 2 The Quality of Differnce - Diversity in Children's Theatre Presentation by Liz O'Neill (UK)

14h00 to 16h30 ART INVASION Workshop in the power of art for social transformation of schools and communities led by Angela iThemba Labantu Primary School Classroom 3 Merl (Germany)

15h00 to 17h00 Mistatim: (Re) Mapping – exploring how indigenous knowledge can remap the way young Presentation by Sandra Laronde of the Ojibway peoples (Canada) with video iThemba Labantu Primary School Classroom 1 people understand their world

18h00 to 18h30 Closure after ‘Phefumla’ Led by Drama for Life iThemba Labantu Primary School Classroom 1

09h00 to 18h30 Focus: Theatre for Social Change with Vrygrond community & delegates Vrygrond Cultural Hub

09h00 to 09h30 Plenary / Welcome and INNOCENCE and BEAUTY in motion. 02 Led by Drama for Life and Jeremiah Ikongio (Nigeria) Vrygrond Fit For Life Training Room

09h00 to 18h00 Vyrgrond Live! A celebration of local performance Vrygrond Communiversity Garden

11h30 to 13h00 Theatre for healing and social change / The artistic strategies employed by the Inner-City Papers by Michael Anyanwu (Nigeria), and Zanele Madiba (SA) Vrygrond Fit For Life Training Room High Schools Drama Festival

15h00 to 17h00 PUSH: Exploring gender, migration and over-protection in theatre and dance for young LAB led by Gerhard Verfaillie (Belgium) Vrygrond Fit For Life Training Room audiences

18h00 to 18h30 Closing Led by Drama For Life (SA) Vrygrond Capricorn School Hall

12h00 to 14h00 City Walk with Cape Town Partnership A host of free artistic experiences for families, featuring The Dancing Beasts by LaLiga Teatro Company's Garden and City Centre Elastico (Mexico)

09h00 to 13h00 Objects with Objectives International Puppetry Symposium Artscape Opera Bar

09h00 to 13h00 Baby Dance Workshop: Choreographic practices for babies / Towards interrelational ecology Led by Dalija Acin Thelander (Sweden) of Sensescapes Artscape Rehearsal Room 207 and immersion (3-Day workshop)

11h30 to 13h00 Focus: Education - How we speak about Theatre for Young Audiences? Continued. Workshop with Jonas Feller (Germany) after seeing Animal Farm. On Friday 19 City Hall Seminar Room 2

14h00 to 17h00 Objects with Objectives Open Session International Puppetry Symposium. Open Public Session: The Handspring Puppet Company talk Artscape Theatre Foyer Well about their work creating elephants in the Karoo, and an exploration about puppetry, autism and creative communication.

18h00 to 19h00 Theatre for Social Change Playwriting Slam Write Local, Play Global Artscape Theatre Foyer Well Performances SUNDAY / 21 MAY 2017 10h00 to 11h00 Making Mandela Cultural Hub Guga S'thebe Cultural Hub 10h00 to 11h00 Panali Panali Cultural Hub iThemba Labantu Cultural Hub 10h00 to 10h45 Tears by the River Cultural Hub Atlantis Cultural Hub 10h00 to 11h00 Spirit Songs Cultural Hub Vrygrond Cultural Hub 11h00 to 12h00 It's Dark Outside City Hall City Hall Theatre 1 11h00 to 11h50 Zick Zack Puff Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Theatre 12h00 to 12h55 Mbuzeni Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Arena 12h00 to 13h00 Moi, Monsieur, Moi! Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Golden Arrow Studio 12h00 to 12h35 When Lion Had Wings Cultural Hub Atlantis Cultural Hub 12h30 to 13h00 Soro et le Grain de Maïs Magique Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Masambe Theatre 12h30 to 13h25 The Bookbinder City Hall City Hall Theatre 2 14h00 to 14h35 Anziehsachen Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Flipside 14h00 to 15h30 Khokho's Treasure Cultural Hub Atlantis Cultural Hub 14h00 to 15h00 Maimane! Cultural Hub iThemba Labantu Cultural Hub 14h00 to 15h05 Obisike: It Takes a Lion's Heart Cultural Hub Vrygrond Cultural Hub 14h00 to 15h00 Our House Cultural Hub Guga S'thebe Cultural Hub 14h00 to 14h45 Transhumance: The sheep are in town Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Theatre Garden 15h00 to 16h45 Tiger Bay Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Opera House 15h00 to 16h00 Moi, Monsieur, Moi! Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Golden Arrow Studio 15h15 to 16h10 The Bookbinder City Hall City Hall Theatre 2 16h30 to 17h05 Anziehsachen Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Flipside 17h00 to 17h45 Insta-Grammar Cultural Hub Guga S'thebe Cultural Hub 17h00 to 18h00 My Culture, My Strength, My Identity Cultural Hub Vrygrond Cultural Hub 17h00 to 18h00 Phefumla Cultural Hub iThemba Labantu Cultural Hub 17h00 to 18h20 Pockets of Knowledege Cultural Hub Atlantis Cultural Hub 17h30 to 18h15 Transhumance: The sheep are in town Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Theatre Garden 18h30 to 19h20 Zick Zack Puff Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Theatre

MONDAY / 22 MAY 2017 10h00 to 10h55 Full Moon City Hall City Hall Theatre 1 10h00 to 10h50 Patrice Balbina's chance encounter with the end of the world Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Arena 10h00 to 10h50 Zick Zack Puff Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Theatre 11h00 to 11h50 Transhumance: The sheep are in town Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Theatre Garden 11h30 to 12h30 My Culture, My Strength, My Identity City Hall City Hall Theatre 2 11h30 to 12h20 Whiteout Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Theatre 12h00 to 12h35 Anziehsachen Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Flipside 12h00 to 12h55 Full Moon City Hall City Hall Theatre 1 12h00 to 12h30 Soro et le Grain de Maïs Magique Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Masambe Theatre 12h00 to 12h50 Zapato busco Sapato Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Golden Arrow Studio 14h00 to 14h35 Anziehsachen Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Flipside 14h00 to 15h00 My Culture, My Strength, My Identity City Hall City Hall Theatre 2 14h00 to 14h50 Patrice Balbina's chance encounter with the end of the world Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Arena 14h00 to 14h30 Soro et le Grain de Maïs Magique Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Masambe 16h30 to 17h20 Zick Zack Puff Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Theatre 18h00 to 19h00 Transhumance: The sheep are in town Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Theatre Garden 19h30 to 20h20 Zapato busco Sapato Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Golden Arrow Studio

TUESDAY / 23 MAY 2017 10h00 to 10h50 Patrice Balbina's chance encounter with the end of the world Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Arena 10h00 to 11h00 The Kids From Amandla Street Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Flipside 10h00 to 11h00 young@home City Hall City Hall Workshop 10h00 to 10h50 Zapato busco Sapato Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Golden Arrow Studio 11h00 to 12h00 Dear Mr. Government… Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Masambe Theatre 11h00 to 11h45 Maloza - The Man Cub Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Outdoor Amphitheatre 11h30 to 12h50 Pim & Theo Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Theatre Upstage 12h00 to 12h55 Full Moon City Hall City Hall Theatre 1 12h00 to 13h30 Khokho's Treasure Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Theatre 12h00 to 12h50 Zapato busco Sapato Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Golden Arrow Studio 14h00 to 15h00 Dear Mr. Government… Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Masambe 14h00 to 14h50 Whiteout Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Theatre 14h00 to 14h40 Sensescapes City Hall City Hall Theatre 2 15h30 to 16h10 Sensescapes City Hall City Hall Theatre 2 17h30 to 18h00 Soro et le Grain de Maïs Magique Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Golden Arrow Studio 18h00 to 18h50 Patrice Balbina's chance encounter with the end of the world Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Arena 18h30 to 19h30 The Kids From Amandla Street Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Flipside 19h30 to 20h50 Pim & Theo Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Theatre Upstage 19h30 to 21h15 Tiger Bay Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Opera House

...Presentations, Papers, Panels, Symposia, Workshops, and Happenings

SUNDAY / 21 MAY 2017 09h00 to 18h30 Atlantis Performance Hub Atlantis community & delegates Atlantis Cultural Hub

09h00 to 18h30 Focus: Theatre for Healing with Langa community & delegates Guga S'thebe Cultural Hub, Langa

09h00 to 09h30 Plenary / Welcome Facilitated by Faith Busika and Warren Nebe (SA) Gugu S'thebe Outdoor Amphitheatre

09h30 to 18h00 Guga S'Thebe Live! A celebration of local performance Gugu S'thebe Outdoor Amphitheatre

10h00 to 12h30 Youth, Well-being, and the Arts Symposium led by Dr Stephanie Woodson (USA), with Christopher Weise (USA) Gugu S'thebe The Dome Ji Sun Myung (S Korea), and Erik Villiers (USA)

11h30 to 12h30 Long Table: Mental Health, Arts Therapy and Change Public debate led by Erwin Maas (USA) and Dr Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela (SA), with Langa Old Post Office Kamal Naran (SA), Timira Gupta (India) and Pamela Udoka (Nigeria)

14h00 to 16h00 Using Art, Music, and Drama to heal Workshop with Timira Gupta (India) Gugu S'thebe The Dome

14h00 to 16h30 Theater as a laboratory for reconciliation Workshop with Hector Aristizabal (USA) Langa Old Post Office

14h00 to 16h30 The Invisible Prison Workshop with Thembile Tshuma (SA) Langa Dompas Museum Office

17h40 to 18h30 Ritual closing Led by Drama For Life (SA) Gugu S'thebe Main Stage

09h00 to 18h30 Focus: Theatre for Healing with Philippi community & delegates iThemba Labantu Cultural Hub, Philippi

09h00 to 09h30 Plenary/Welcome Led by Drama for Life iThemba Labantu Primary School Classroom 1

09h30 to 18h00 iThemba Labantu Live! A celebration of local performance iThemba Labantu Outdoor Courtyard

10h00 to 11h30 The Kattaikkuttu Gurukulam / Using process drama in dealing with race and memory among born Discussion of papers led by Katharine Norman (USA) and Tebogo Radebe (SA) iThemba Labantu Primary School Classroom 1 frees

11h30 to 13h00 Educational Drama as Therapy Discussion of paper led by Eunice Uwadinma-Idemudia Adeighon (Nigeria), iThemba Labantu Rondavel

14h00 to 15h30 Production ‘Maimane’ & Post show discussion dialogue Led by Drama for Life iThemba Labantu Primary School Classroom 1

14h00 to 16h30 Introduction to Playback Theatre Introductory workshop facilitated by Cherae Halle (SA) and Bongi Lecoge - Zulu (SA) iThemba Labantu Primary School Classroom 3

15h30 to 17h00 The story of underprivileged youth growing up in the dark shadows of Apartheid Presentation led by Phefumla team, Mariken Lauvstad (Norway) & Thando Doni (SA) iThemba Labantu Primary School Classroom 2

18h00 to 18h30 Ritual closing Facilitated by Warren Nebe (SA) iThemba Labantu Primary School Classroom 1

09h00 to 18h30 Focus: Theatre by Children for Children with Vrygrond community & delegates Vrygrond Cultural Hub

09h00 to 09h30 Plenary/Welcome Led by Drama for Life (SA) Vrygrond Fit For Life Training Room

09h30 to 18h00 Vrygrond Live! A celebration of local performance Vrygrond Communiversity Garden

09h30 to 13h00 Tips and tricks for engagement of teens in theatre Workshop led by Cristina Cazzola (Italy) Vrygrond Sozo Double-volume Classroom

11h30 to 13h00 TEENTALITARIANISM-Building a Teenage State within a European Festival / #Connected SA-UK: an Discussion of projects led by Cathrin Rose (Germany), Emma Rose and Daniel Ilunga; and Vrygrond Fit For Life Training Room experimental approach to theatremaking in a digital age Kyla Davis (SA)

15h15 to 16h30 Theatre by Children: Issues, prospects, challenges and dearth of child actors / Meeting Of Theatre Papers by Jerry Adesewo (Nigeria), Anelvi Rivera (Mexico) & Samta Shikhar (India) Vrygrond Sozo Double-volume Classroom Made By Children / A play by children in a local bus of the city in south of India.

15h30 to 16h30 Chipawo's three decades of arts education work in Zimbabwe Workshop led by Chipo Precious Basopo (Zimbabwe) Vrygrond Fit For Life Training Room

18h00 to 18h30 Closing Led by Drama For Life (SA) Vrygrond Fit For Life Training Room

09h00 to 13h00 ASSITEJ Executive Committee Meeting Executive Committee Artscape Isibaya

09h00 to 13h00 Baby Dance Workshop: Choreographic practices for babies / Towards interrelational ecology and Led by Dalija Acin Thelander (Sweden) of Sensescapes Artscape Rehearsal Room 207 immersion

13h30 to 16h30 International Associations Meeting ASSITEJ Executive Committee and representatives of International Associations District Six Homecoming Centre

17h00 to 19h00 ASSITEJ Magazine and International Publications Launch with ASSITEJ, UNIMA and IATC. Open To All. District Six Homecoming Centre MONDAY / 22 MAY 2017

09h00 to 15h30 ASSITEJ World Congress ASSITEJ General Assembly City Hall

09h00 to 18h00 Producer's Bazaar: a networking and pitching opportunity Producers, Directors, Independent Artists and Companies Masque Theatre

10h00 to 18h00 Goethe-Institut Coproduction Forum Sharing and Networking meeting for 10 African and 5 German invited TYA artists. Artscape Isibaya

10h00 to 13h00 Construire des histoires / Shaping Stories African Playwriting Workshop - Scene d'Enfance & ASSITEJ Artscape Resource Centre

12h00 to 13h00 Intercultural exploration: Conversation about artistic, aesthetic and socio-political differences and With Jori Snell (Denmark), Eliot Moleba (SA) and other Masque Theatre similiarities

15h00 to 17h00 Theatre Festivals for Young Audiences: Around the globe and back again - Steve Ball: How can Discussion with Producers, Directors, Independent Artists and Companies Masque Theatre festivals support the professional development of artists, increase cultural diversity, raise the profile of theatre for young audiences and act as a catalyst for change? and Joshua Alabi: Kininso Festival for Children, Nigeria. - Discussions with Producers, Directors, Independent Artists and Companies.

15h30 to 16h00 Nordic / Baltic Surprise A delightful end to Day 1 of Congress City Hall

15h30 to 18h00 Workshop on Contemporary European performance A session for students from around the world with Octavian Saiu from International Artscape Theatre Foyer Well Association of Theatre Critics.

17h00 to 18h30 Zapato busca Sapato - an intercultural collaboration Project presentation and film screening by La Maquina De Teatro about their intercultural Baxter Upstairs Rehearsal Room production (Mexico, Brazil, Moçambique)

17h30 to 18h30 Australian Youth Arts Leadership Networking Special Event, by invitation Tjing Tjing Rooftop Bar, 165 Longmarket Street

18h30 to 20h00 ASSITEJ China Reception Special Events, by invitation Artscape Opera Bar

18h30 to 21h30 ACYTA Meeting All African ASSITEJ centres and African individual members Artscape Isibaya

18h00 to 19h30 Coming Full Circle Spinning Dot Theatre’s Documentary Screening with Artistic Director Jenny Koppera - and Artscape Theatre Foyer Well discussion about the importance of global theatre for young and family audiences

20h30 to 21h30 IberoAmerican Regional Network Reception Special Event, by invitation Baxter Theatre Foyer TUESDAY / 23 MAY 2017

09h00 to 15h30 ASSITEJ World Congress ASSITEJ General Assembly City Hall Grand Hall

09h00 to 18h00 Producer's Bazaar: a networking and pitching opportunity Producers, Directors, Independent Artists and Companies Masque Theatre

10h00 to 18h00 Goethe-Institut Coproduction Forum Sharing and Networking meeting for 10 African and 5 German invited TYA artists. Artscape Isibaya

14h00 to 18h00 Construire des histoires / Shaping Stories African Playwriting Workshop - Scene d'Enfance & ASSITEJ Artscape Resource Centre

15h00 to 17h00 Questions of Quality in Theatre for Young Audiences Panel discussion with Mary Rose Lloyd (USA), Henrik Koehler (Denmark), Etoundi Zeyang Masque Theatre (Cameroon), Janni Younge (SA)

16h00 to 19h00 Cradle of Creativity - the Musical, a Workshop in indigenous play With Pedro Espi-Sanchis, this is a hands on workshop where the first musical instruments City Hall Workshop Space created by humans along the beaches of Southern Africa will be made and played. We will be using dry kelp to make shakers, trumpets, Ixilongo flutes and single note pipes and improvise musical ensembles.

18h00 to 19h00 Cape Town: a Sense of Place Playwriting activity sharing - Write Local, Play Global Artscape Theatre Foyer Well

18h15 to 19h30 Francophone Reception Special Event, by invitation Baxter Theatre Foyer

19h30 to 21h00 Europe 8+ Reception Special Event, by invitation Baxter Theatre Upper Level Foyer

Performances WEDNESDAY / 24 MAY 2017

09h30 to 10h15 Scoop (Rocking the Cradle, Fringe) Magnet Theatre Magnet Theatre 10h00 to 11h00 Dear Mr. Government… Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Masambe Theatre 10h00 to 10h40 Fingers and toes, my body knows Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Rehearsal Room 207 10h00 to 10h45 Maloza - The Man Cub Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Amphitheatre 10h00 to 11h05 Obisike: It Takes a Lion's Heart City Hall City Hall Theatre 1 10h00 to 10h40 Sensescapes City Hall City Hall Theatre 2 10h00 to 11h00 The Kids From Amandla Street Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Flipside 10h00 to 11h00 young@home City Hall City Hall Workshop 10h00 to 10h50 Whiteout Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Theatre 10h30 to 11h15 Willow Pattern (Rocking the Cradle, Fringe) Magnet Theatre Magnet Theatre 11h30 to 13h00 Khokho's Treasure Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Theatre 11h30 to 12h10 Sensescapes City Hall City Hall Theatre 2 11h30 to 12h15 Yao Yao Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Golden Arrow Studio 11h45 to 12h25 Fingers and toes, my body knows Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Rehearsal Room 207 12h00 to 13h00 Dear Mr. Government… Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Masambe 12h00 to 13h05 Obisike: It Takes a Lion's Heart City Hall City Hall Theatre 1 12h00 to 13h20 Pim & Theo Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Theatre Upstage 12h30 to 13h15 Maloza - The Man Cub Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Amphitheatre 13h00 to 13h40 Paired (Rocking the Cradle, Fringe) Magnet Theatre Magnet Theatre 14h00 to 14h40 Sensescapes City Hall City Hall Theatre 2 14h00 to 15h00 The Kids From Amandla Street Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Flipside 14h00 to 14h45 Yao Yao Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Golden Arrow Studio 15h00 to 15h30 Just Here (Rocking the Cradle, Fringe) Magnet Theatre Magnet Theatre 16h00 to 16h50 Whiteout Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Theatre 18h00 to 19h00 Phefumla Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Arena 19h30 to 20h50 Pim & Theo Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Theatre Upstage 19h30 to 21h15 Tiger Bay Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Opera House THURSDAY / 25 MAY 2017 09h30 to 10h10 Sparrow Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Flipside 09h30 to 10h15 Woodways (Rocking the Cradle, Fringe) Magnet Theatre Magnet Theatre

10h00 to 10h45 Caban ZA Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Foyer 10h00 to 11h00 Phefumla Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Arena 10h00 to 10h45 Yao Yao Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Golden Arrow Studio 11h00 to 11h40 Sparrow Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Flipside 11h30 to 12h15 Caban ZA Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Foyer 11h30 to 12h40 Us / Them Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Theatre 12h00 to 13h00 Rat Race Magnet Theatre Magnet Theatre 12h30 to 13h15 Yao Yao Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Golden Arrow Studio 14h00 to 15h30 Africa Day Celebration Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Piazza 14h00 to 15h00 Phefumla Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Arena 14h30 to 15h20 Space Rocks (Rocking the Cradle, Fringe) Magnet Theatre Magnet Theatre 15h30 to 16h40 Us / Them Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Theatre 16h00 to 16h45 Maloza - The Man Cub Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Piazza 17h00 to 18h00 When Lion Had Wings Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Piazza 19h30 to 20h30 Tupo Kama Nipo Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Theatre 19h30 to 21h15 Tiger Bay Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Opera House FRIDAY / 26 MAY 2017 09h30 to 10h15 Scoop (Rocking the Cradle, Fringe) Magnet Theatre Magnet Theatre 10h00 to 11h00 Caban ZA Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Foyer 10h00 to 10h40 Fingers and toes, my body knows Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Upstairs Rehearsal Room 10h00 to 11h10 Us / Them Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Theatre 10h00 to 10h40 Sparrow Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Flipside 10h00 to 10h45 What Goes Up… Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Rehearsal Room 207 10h15 to 11h00 Knock! (Rocking the Cradle, Fringe) Magnet Theatre Magnet Theatre 11h00 to 11h40 Sandscape Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Golden Arrow Studio 11h30 to 12h10 Fingers and toes, my body knows Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Upstairs Rehearsal Room 11h30 to 12h10 Sparrow Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Flipside 11h30 to 12h45 The Underground Library Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Arena 12h00 to 13h00 Caban ZA Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Foyer 12h00 to 12h45 Cloud Catcher (Rocking the Cradle, Fringe) Magnet Theatre Magnet Theatre 12h00 to 12h45 What Goes Up… Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Rehearsal Room 207 12h30 to 13h10 Sandscape Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Golden Arrow Studio 12h30 to 13h15 Cloud Catcher Magnet Theatre Magnet Theatre 12h30 to 14h00 Three Monks Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Theatre 14h30 to 15h45 The Underground Library Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Arena 14h45 to 15h30 Aha! (Rocking the Cradle, Fringe) Magnet Theatre Magnet Theatre 19h30 to 20h55 Three Monks Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Theatre 19h30 to 21h15 Tiger Bay Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Opera House

SATURDAY / 27 MAY 2017 10h00 to 11h00 Caban ZA Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Foyer 10h00 to 10h40 Fingers and toes, my body knows Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Upstairs Rehearsal Room 10h00 to 10h40 Sandscape Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Golden Arrow Studio 10h00 to 10h40 Sparrow Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Flipside 10h30 to 11h25 No Fun Ction All Anguage Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Theatre 11h30 to 12h55 Three Monks Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Theatre 12h00 to 13h00 Caban ZA Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Foyer 12h00 to 13h15 The Underground Library Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Arena 12h30 to 13h10 Fingers and toes, my body knows Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Upstairs Rehearsal Room 12h30 to 13h10 Sandscape Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Golden Arrow Studio 14h00 to 14h55 No Fun Ction All Anguage Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Theatre 16h00 to 17h15 The Underground Library Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Arena 16h30 to 17h05 Ekhaya Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Upstairs Rehearsal Room 16h30 to 17h55 Three Monks Baxter Theatre Centre Baxter Theatre 18h00 to 19h15 Tiger Bay Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Opera House 19h30 to 20h30 Closing Ceremony Artscape Theatre Centre Artscape Theatre ...Presentations, Papers, Panels, Symposia, Workshops, and Happenings WEDNESDAY / 24 MAY 2017

09h00 to 18h30 Focus: Dance for Young Audiences Artscape

09h00 to 13h00 Empathy as an artistic tool in dance and theatre with or for young people Theoretical and practical workshop with Amelie Mallman (Germany) Artscape Rehearsal Room 308

14h00 to 15h00 Dance and performing art for Young Audiences Presentation of the Kliker Platform (Croatia) Artscape Opera Bar

15h00 to 18h00 Forming a Dance for Young Audiences Network Led by Gabi dan Droste Artscape Isibaya

14h00 to 15h00 ASSITEJ World Congress Artistic Encounters City Hall

15h30 to 17h45 ASSITEJ World Congress Open Space City Hall

09h00 to 18h00 Rocking the Cradle African Fringe Showcase Magnet Theatre

09h0018h00 to 13h0019h00 ConstruireNext Generation des histoires Gathering / Shaping Stories GatheringAfrican Playwriting for Friends Workshop of ASSITEJ - Scene / Next d'Enfance Generation & ASSITEJ 2017 Artscape UpstairsResource Theatre Centre Bar

19h00 to 21h00 ASSITEJ Auction Delegates and Next Generation 2017 Artscape Theatre Foyer Well

21h00 to 23h00 Asian Reception Special Event, by invitation Artscape Theatre Foyer

THURSDAY / 25 MAY 2017

09h00 to 13h00 ASSITEJ World Congress ASSITEJ General Assembly City Hall

09h00 to 18h00 Rocking the Cradle African Fringe Showcase Magnet Theatre

09h00 to 13h00 Construire des histoires / Shaping Stories African Playwriting Workshop - Scene d'Enfance & ASSITEJ Artscape Resource Centre

10h00 to 12h00 Be Wilder Man+ Learner Workshop with Company Barbarie (Belgium) Baxter Upstairs Rehearsal Room

10h00 to 13h00 Vrum Dance Workshop: No Work and Just Play Led by Sanja Frühwald and Till Frühwald Artscape Rehearsal Room 207

11h00 to 13h00 African Dance Workshop Explore African rhythms with Letlhogonolo Nche, Arts and Culture Trust’s 2015 ImpACT Award Winner Artscape Rehearsal Room 308

14h00 to 19h30 Africa Day Celebrate the African continent - vibrant with creativity and possibility! Directed by Mandla Mbothwe Artscape Theatre Centre

18h00 to 19h00 Playwriting Slam - African Playwrights Write Local, Play Global Artscape Theatre Foyer Well

FRIDAY / 26 MAY 2017

09h00 to 19h15 Focus: Inclusive International Arts IIAN, delegates City Hall

09h00 to 09h45 Plenary/Welcome Welcome by IIAN Artscape Theatre Opera Bar

10h00 to 12h00 Theatre of Senses - close your eyes in order to see Workshop with Karolina Zernyte (Lithuania) Artscape Theatre Opera Bar

14h00 to 16h00 Presentations, models of good practise and debate: How do we engage Theresa Frey and Larissa Probst (Germany), Kaitlin Jaskolski (SA), Zelda Mycroft (SA) & Danieyella Rodin (SA) Artscape Rehearsal Room 207 young people with disabilities and why?

16h30 to 18h00 Is it only about Disability? Discussion with Heidi Vaughan from Kazzum (UK) Artscape Rehearsal Room 207

18h30 to 19h15 Write Local. Play Global Playwriting Slam Curated by Tallerie McRae & Kim Peter Kovac (USA) Artscape Theatre Foyer Well

09h00 to 17h30 Focus: Music Theatre for Young Audiences Delegates Baxter Theatre Centre

09h00 to 10h30 Plenary/Welcome Introduction to Music TYA with Tina Stodart (SA), Diana Toblib (Argentina), Mignon van Vreden (SA) Baxter Downstairs Rehearsal Room

14h00 to 17h30 What is Music Theatre for Young Audiences? A workshop to plan the start of a network, with Meike Fechner (ASSITEJ Germany), Angela Merl (Theater Baxter Downstairs Rehearsal Room Bonn), Johannes Gaudet (National Theater Mannheim), Susanne Freiling (Theaterhaus Frankfurt) - Germany

09h00 to 18h00 Rocking the Cradle African Fringe Showcase Magnet Theatre

09h00 to 13h00 Construire des histoires / Shaping Stories African Playwriting Workshop - Scene d'Enfance & ASSITEJ Artscape Resource Centre

09h00 to 19h00 ASSITEJ Executive Committee Meeting 2017-2020 Executive Committee Artscape Isibaya

13h45 to 17h00 Write Local, Play Global Workshop Playwriting workshop: Sensory Dramaturgy with Karin Serres Artscape Rehearsal Room 308

16h00 to 18h00 Rocking the Cradle Panel discussion of Fringe Programme Panel with: Liesbeth Coltof (Netherlands), Gabi dan Droste (Germany), Brigitte Dethier (Germany), Roberto Magnet Theatre Frabetti (Italy), Barbara Kolling (Germany), Anna Newell (N Ireland) & Jennie Reznek (SA)

18H00 to 19H00 Playwriting Slam - Inclusivity Write Local, Play Global Artscape Theatre Foyer Well

18h30 to 20h00 Flemish Reception Special Event, by invitation Baxter Upper Theatre Foyer

20h00 to 21h00 ASSITEJ Awards Ceremony Celebrating global excellence in Theatre for Young Audiences, directed by Letlhogonolo Nche Baxter Concert Hall

SATURDAY / 27 MAY 2017

09h00 to 18h00 Focus: Theatre for the Early Years (Small Size Network)

09h00 to 10h00 Early Years Plenary / Welcome Presentation by Pilar López (Spain) and Pecha Kucha by Karel Van Ransbeeck (Belgium) and Henrik Backbro, Baxter Concert Hall Lisa Kjellgren (Sweden)

10h00 to 11h30 Practice-as-Research in Theatre for the Very Young Workshop led by Samantha Provenzano and Carolina Chambers (Paper Boat Project, USA) Baxter Downstairs Rehearsal Room

11h30 to 12h30 Baby and contemporary dance. Feedback of creativity between adults Paper by Alicja Morawska-Rubczak (Poland) and Paweł Gałkowski (Poland), Presented by Paweł Gałkowski Baxter Concert Hall and children.

14h00 to 16h00 Small size, a network in ASSITEJ Panel Discussion by Roberto Frabetti (Italy), Barbara Kölling (Germany), Cliodhna Noonan (Ireland) and Baxter Concert Hall Gaêtane Reginster (Belgium)

16h30 to 17h45 The relational aesthetics of toddler theatre Symposium led by Lise Hovik (Norway) and Eivind Haugland (Norway) Baxter Masambe Theatre

16h30 to 18h30 Art is not a matter of age but of curiosity Workshop led by Nicolas Ankoudinoff (Belgium) and Karel Van Ransbeeck (Belgium) Baxter Downstairs Rehearsal Room

09h00 to 13h00 Construire des histoires / Shaping Stories African Playwriting Workshop - Scene d'Enfance & ASSITEJ Artscape Resource Centre

14h00 to 15h45 Inside New Visions New Voices - Transforming New Play development Write Local, Play Global and South African playwrights:Tamara Guhrs, Jon Keevy, Lereko Mfono, Mojalefa Artscape Opera Bar for Young Audiences Mlambo and Koleka Putuma

18h00 to 19h00 ASSITEJ Inspirational Playwrights Words of Innovation, Ingenuity and Imagination from ASSITEJ International Playwrights Artscape Theatre Foyer Well

19h30 to 20h30 Cradle of Creativity Closing Ceremony Farewell, thanks and handover to host city for Congress 2020 Artscape Theatre

21h00 to 23h00 Cradle of Creativity Closing Party An African Surprise! TBA RPOR AI T PROGRAMME | CRADLE OF CREATIVITY T: 021 822 0070 / 1 / 2 | E: [email protected] | www.assitej2017.org.za Book at V&A WATERFRONT

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